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On This Day: The Labryinthine History of ‘Boris Godunov’
https://operawire.com/on-this-day-the-labryinthine-history-of-boris-godunov/
The history of Mussorgsky’s famed “Boris Godunov” is quite extensive with many comparing it to Verdi’s “Don Carlo” in terms of its numerous versions. The truth is that the opera, like the Italian composer’s counterpart, has no definitive version. Mussorgsky originally released a version of the opera in 1869 but then went about revising it, expanding on musical material and {…}
